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Descriptive Statistics

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Statistics is the science of collecting data and analyzing them to infer proportions (sample) that are representative of the population. In other words, statistics is interpreting data in order to…

Statistics : The Collection, Analysis and Inference of Data ( Part I )

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Statistics are numbers that summarise raw facts and figures in some meaningful way. They present key ideas that may not be immediately apparent by just looking at the raw data, and by data, we mean…

Be Cautious Before Drawing Any Conclusions Using Summary Statistics

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While analyzing data, one may be tempted to draw conclusions solely based on its statistics. Yet, the actual data might be conveying a totally different story. Here's a visual depicting nine datasets ...

A Shiny app for inferential statistics by hand

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Descriptive statistics provide a summary of the data; it helps explaining the data in a concise way without losing too much information. Data can be summarized numerically or graphically. See…

Telling the full story of Descriptive Statistics with numbers!

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Statistics can be made to prove anything even the truth! So it is of paramount importance to really understand it. Statistics is dealing with the collection, analysis, interpretation, and…

Understanding Descriptive Statistics

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Statistics is a branch of mathematics that deals with collecting, interpreting, organization, and interpretation of data. Initially, when we get the data, instead of applying fancy algorithms and…

Introduction to the Descriptive Statistics

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Descriptive statistics summarize, show, and analyze the data and make it more understandable. If the dataset is large, it is hard to make any sense from the raw data. Using descriptive statistics…

Welcome to Simply Statistics 2.0

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Welcome to the re-designed, re-hosted and re-platformed Simply Statistics blog. We have moved the blog over to the WordPress platform to give us some newer features that were lacking over at tumblr. S...

Performing Statistical Estimation

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Statistics, as we know, is the study of gathering data, summarizing & visualizing the data, identifying patterns, differences, limitations and inconsistencies and extrapolating information regarding…

Step-by-Step Guide to Mastering Descriptive Statistics

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Introduction Descriptive statistics is the first crucial step in any data analysis process. It involves collecting, summarizing, and presenting data in an informative way, allowing us to understand a...

Statistics for Data Science 101 Series — Descriptive Statistics

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Statistics for Data Science 101 Series — Descriptive Statistics In continuation of the previous article in the series, we will deep dive into the area of descriptive statistics! What is it? What does...

Guide to Using Descriptive Statistics in Data Science

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Understand the key concepts to summarize data Photo by Cathryn Lavery on Unsplash Statistics are at the heart of data science and data analysis. Understanding the basic concepts and knowing when to p...